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Paul has 2 red marbles ve, 8 blue marbles, and 5 purple marbles in his

bag. What is the probability that he will randomly select one purple
marble and one blue marble without replacement

User Bruno Nery
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Answer: 6.5 or 2/13

Step-by-step explanation: add all the numbers together first

2+8+5= 15

then add 1 purple and 1 blue together over 13 (because it says without replacement) so 2/13 then divide = 6.5

I'm pretty sure let me know if i got it wrong

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